7. MABTTIA. 199 



Tropical Africa, North-east Africa, Arabia, 



a-b. Ad. &; hgr. Mt. Sinai. 



c-e. Ad. Luxor. Dr. Anderson PP.], 



/■.Ad. Edfou. Dr. Anderson [P.". 



g, h~m. Ad. & yg. Egypt. A. Paul, Esq. [P." . 



n. Ad. Senaf»5, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



0. Ad. Sooroo, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.J. 



p-r. Yg. Tette, Mozambique. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. (Types of 



Euprepis kirkii.) 



s-M. Ad. S.E.Africa. (Tjiaes of JEuprepisf/ularis.) 



V. Ad. Benguela. Prot. B. du Bocage [P.]. 



(One of the types of Euprepes binotatus.) 



w. Ad. Lagos. 



x-a. Hgr. & yg. Senegal. M. Petit [C], 



^-V, S-f, C, V- Ad., W. Africa. 



hgr., & yg. 



53. Mabuia lacertiformis. 



Euprepes (Euprepis) lacertiformis, P<'<ers, Moii. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 618, 

 and Reise n. Mossafub. iii. p. 70, pi. x. fig. 2. 



Snout moderate, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided 

 transparent disk. Xostril anterior to the vertical of the suture 

 between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; anterior lorcal 

 not touching the first labial; supranasals in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontonasal a little broader than long, in contact with, or 

 narrowly separated from, the frontal ; latter as long as the fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the second and 

 third supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; five supra- 

 ciliaries ; frontoparietals distinct, slightly larger than the inter- 

 parietal ; parietals in contact behind the latter shield ; a pair of 

 nuchals ; six labials anterior to the subocular, which is much nar- 

 rowed inferiorly. Ear-opening with four long pointed lobules 

 anteriorly. Dorsal scales mostly quinquecarinate, some occasionally 

 tricarinate ; 38 to 40 scales round the body. The hind limb reaches 

 the shoulder, Subdigital lameUoe smooth, Olive-brown above, black- 

 dotted ; limbs with white dots and a black network : a white band 

 on each side of the tail ; lower siirfaces white, with feebly marked 

 blackish lines. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 120 Fore limb 18 



Head . 12-5 Hind limb 26 



\Yidth of head 6-5 Tad 71 



Body 36-5 



Boror, Mozambique. 



* 



54. Mabuia elegans. 



Euprepes elegans, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 619, and Beise n. 

 Mossamb. iii. p. 73, pi. xi. fig. 1. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided trans- 



